Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Ghana instead of Greenland, you would:

Health

live 4.6 years less

In Greenland, the average life expectancy is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022. In Ghana, that number is 69 years (68 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 66.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Greenland, 9.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Ghana, that number is 3.1% as of 2023.

make 90.2% less money

Greenland has a GDP per capita of $68,100 as of 2021, while in Ghana, the GDP per capita is $6,700 as of 2023.

be 44.4% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Greenland, 16.2% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Ghana, however, that number is 23.4% as of 2016.

Life

have 2.0 times more children

In Greenland, there are approximately 13.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Ghana, there are 27.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 21.0% less likely to be literate

In Greenland, the literacy rate is 100.0% as of 2015. In Ghana, it is 79.0% as of 2018.

be 3.7 times more likely to die during infancy

In Greenland, approximately 8.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Ghana, on the other hand, 32.6 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 14.9% less likely to have access to electricity

In Greenland, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Ghana, 85% of the population do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 60.8% less on education

Greenland spends 10.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Ghana spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

Geography

see 98.8% less coastline

Greenland has a total of 44,087 km of coastline. In Ghana, that number is 539 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Ghana: At a glance

Ghana is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 227,533 sq km. Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. Ghana endured a long series of coups before Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS took power in 1981 and banned political parties. After approving a new constitution and restoring multiparty politics in 1992, RAWLINGS won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996 but was constitutionally prevented from running for a third term in 2000. John KUFUOR succeeded him and was reelected in 2004. John Atta MILLS won the 2008 presidential election and took over as head of state, but he died in July 2012 and was constitutionally succeeded by his vice president John Dramani MAHAMA, who subsequently won the December 2012 presidential election.
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